MegaETH launched its public mainnet this week, positioning itself as a performance-first blockchain designed to deliver real-time execution rather than fit neatly into existing layer one (L1) or layer two ( L2) labels.

Jump Trading is set to acquire minority stakes in prediction‑market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket. The investments are structured around Jump’s provision of liquidity, with a fixed equity stake in Kalshi and a variable stake in Polymarket that grows with trading capacity.

U.S. equities traded modestly higher by mid-day Tuesday as investors digested softer retail sales data and rotated selectively across sectors, with markets still open and prices subject to change.

Ethereum was trading between $2,014 and $2,028 per coin on Feb. 10, while derivatives markets told a far louder story beneath the surface. Futures open interest remains elevated, options positioning is heavily skewed toward calls, and max pain levels across major exchanges cluster uncomfortably close to spot.

Beast Industries, founded by Youtube star MrBeast, is acquiring teen-focused banking app Step, signaling its biggest move yet into financial services and hinting at longer-term ambitions that may include crypto.

XRP entered the week under pressure as traders debated whether the recent pullback marks a temporary shakeout or the start of a deeper reset. With prices hovering near long-term support, attention is now locked on three forces shaping XRP’s near-term trajectory.

Backpack, founded by former FTX employees, secures a reported $1 billion valuation and unveils a staged 1‑billion‑token launch tied to a U.S. Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Bitcoin is holding a firm line at $68,703 on Feb. 10, 2026, around 8 a.m. Eastern time, carving out a tight intraday range between $68,427 and $71,032. With a market cap of $1.37 trillion and 24-hour trading volume hitting $49.82 billion, it looked like the asset was on a coffee break—buzzing, but not going anywhere fast.

Private banking groups are warning about the growing EU dependence on foreign payment companies. Martina Weimert, chief executive of the European Payments Initiative (EPI), called for urgent action on this issue, stating that independence in the payments field was “crucial.”

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Crypto ETFs opened the new week on steadier footing, led by a second consecutive day of inflows for bitcoin and renewed strength across ether and XRP products.

Alphabet surprised markets with a $20 billion U.S. bond sale, far above expectations, as hyperscalers ramp up record borrowing to fund massive artificial intelligence (AI)‑driven capital spending.

French authorities recently arrested six suspects accused of kidnapping a magistrate and her mother in a cryptocurrency ransom scheme.

Jeff Park, CIO at Procap, explained that bitcoin, as a decentralized asset, will shine in what he called a “wartime” period, when the fragmentation of world powers and the centralization of the governments’ roles will allow it to surge again as a tool to fight capital controls and financial oppression.

DeFi Technologies has launched an index that tracks real investor flows across Valour’s ecosystem and offers forward-looking insights into institutional sentiment.